title: An unusual gait following the discovery of a new disease.
abstract: A 39-year-old woman presented to the neurology clinic with an abnormal gait. Subsequent investigations confirmed a rare neurodegenerative disease. This case highlights the key clinical features and diagnostic approach to neuroferritinopathy, and describes the discovery of the disease in a family from Cumbria in the north west of England.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Keogh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gorman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McNeill
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Horvath
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burn
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Chinnery
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D004421:Dystonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D019189:Iron Metabolism Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D019150:Neuroaxonal Dystrophies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology